The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-12
Weekly News Summary.


REV. S. S. MARTyN has resigned the Con-
gregational pastorate at Peacham.
GENERAL MANAGER HOBART has so far
recovered as to he able to ride out.
A HOUSE owned by L. III. Jones ut Castle
ton was destroyed by fire Saturday.
ABOUT $1,000 has been subscribed for the
new Universalist church in Rutland.
JOHN MILLER of Passumpsic, who cut his
foot recently, died from loss of blood.
A GRANITE deposit has been discovered
on Charles Stimet's farm in Hghgate.
THE Congregational church in st. Adams
was slightly damaged by fire Sunday.
The next state fair will be held at How
ard Park, Burlington, September 1916.
There were tifty-four marriages in St.
Adams during 1SS6-ten less than in 1885.
ST. JoHNsBURY has got the toboggan craze
and money is being raised to build slide.
THE new cars of the Burlington & La
noble railroad have been painted bright red
AN Isle La Motto wood-chopper claims to
have seen big black animal in the woods.
Hon. A. b. VALENTINE of Bennington
starts for a months stay in Montana this
week.
DIR. ENocH WOODBRIDGE of Vergennes
died January 4, of Bright's disease, aged
forty years.
THERE has been subscribed $1,000 of the
$500 capital stock of the Rutland baseball
association.
BRATTLEBoRo claims musician who per-
forms on two comets at once, playing two
distinct parts.
A MAN named Burke in Lincoln froze his
arms and legs terribly Saturday night.
" Rum did it,"
The "broad lake " is frozen over at Bur-
lington-the earliest in seventy years with
two exceptions.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN had his nose broken by a
fall at the Brattleboro toboggan chute, and
sustained other injuries.
THE Rutland Herdld of January gave a
picture and description of its new building
and history of the paper.
JOHN C.. SCRIBNER has been appointed
postmaster at Gassett's Station, and Loyal
Huntington at Weybridge.
WILLARD PIERCE, proprietor of the st.
Adams House, has leased that hostelry to
j. III. Stratton of Franklin.
WILLIAM f. DEAN of Wheelock has been
arrested for killing his infant child three
years ago. He denies the charge.
CONGRESSMAN STEWART is detained at
home by the illness of Mrs. Stewart, who
has been quite sick for several weeks.
AT the annual meetings of the Vermont
and Champlain Valley Agricultural Asso-
Citations the old officers were reelected.
HERBERT CURTIS of Rutland was knocked
down by traverse while coasting and re-
ceived severe conclusion of the brain.
7. NJ. DEAL has been appointed supern-
dent of the Misssquoi road. He was form
erly general freight and passenger agent.
A COMPANY to be known as the " Vermont
Toboggan Suit Company " has been organ
lied, with headquarters at SaXton's River.
DR.. G.. w. BROMLEY of Richmond died
Monday, aged sixty-eight years. He twice
represented Huntington in the legislature.
AT the fair of the Womans Relief Corps
of Windsor, to raise funds to furnish room
in the Soldiers Home, over 800 was Melted.
DIR. j. II. WOODWARD, successor to Dr.
Holton as professor of materia medica at
the University of Vermont, has located in
Burlington.
REV. EDWIN WHEELoCK preached his
farewell sermon at Jacksonville December
26. His friends advise his going to Florida
for his health
G. DURIEUX of st. Johnsbury has in
vented a new automatic weighing machine,
and has been offered $4,000 for the right to
use it in Europe.
N. p. LOWERING of Boston, who has held
the Office of treasurer of the Passumpsic
railroad for the past thirty-fve years, has
retired from that position.
BISHOP DEGoEsBRIAND of Burlington has
gone for three months trip to Europe for
the benefit of his health During his alb
sence Father Lynch will administer the
diocese.
The land commission in connection with
the Bennington battle monument is ex-
pected to recommend the area at the top Of
Bennington hill, old Bennington, for the
site and surroundings.
PROFESSOR SABIN of the University of
Vermont has decided to remove to Montreal,
where he will become member of the firm
of William johnson & Co., manufacturers
of paints and chemicals.
THE oldest locomotive in use on the Cen
trail Vermont Is the Brandon" which is
used as a switch engine at Bellows Falls.
She was formerly called the Burlington !"
and began service in 1919.
REV. NJ. T. PREBLE rendered his resigna-
ton as pastor of the Windsor Baptist church
last Sunday, to take effect on or before Feb
ruary /. He has accepted call from the
Baptist society in Pittsburg, Pa.
STANNARD Posi-, Burlington, claims to
have the Oldest veteran in this state, If not
in the United States. His name is John
Kennedy and he is eighty-two years old.
He was member of Co. A, Fifth Vermont
Volunteers.
A LINCOLN (Neb.) paper states that lie
Grand Baldwin, formerly of EIinesburgh, has
recently purchased $50 acres of land ada
cent to that city for 100000, and given
twenty acres of it for site for a university
and subscribed $4,000 toward the endow-
ment of the same.
THE new Peoples Trust Company at st.
Adams has elected the following directors
j. Gregory Smith, ID. ID. Ranlett, j. M
Foss, C. w. Writer'S DIN Merrill, A. w
Woodwork and K. G. Smith. j. Gregory
Smith was elected president, ID. ID. Ranlett
vice-president and John Branch treasurer
and clerk. The company expect to be ready
for business January II.
THE Milton selectmen are engaged in ne
gotating with other interested parties con
corning the bridge which is to be built
across the Lamoille river near its mouth tC
accommodate South Hero and Grand Isle
1t is now expected that the total expense
will not exceed $4,000. Work is to be begun
in the early spring, as, according to the de
cree of the court, it must be completed by
next October.
Hon. Frederick BILLINGS has given 81,
900 to the fund for Mrs. General Logan anC
$1,000 to the Union Theological Seminary o
New York city to endow scholarship. Mr.
Billings and family started for southern
California on Monday, to remain through
the winter. They went in an elegant pri
vate car, fitted up with all the convepience'
of residence, that had been sent on from
San Francisco for their use.
MARKED improvements have been mad
in the Derby Line Hotel since Captain Eos
ter purchased it. Throughout Steamboat
ing apparatus has been put in, which works
nicely and keeps the entire house warm II
the coolest weather. The collectors offic
has been removed to another part of thu
building and the old Office and sample-roon
nhi inf nian lTro